Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1917 — IS GIVEN $6,000 AS DAMAGES [ARTICLE]

IS GIVEN $6,000 AS DAMAGES

Mrs. J. W. Arnott of Rensselaer Wins Suit Against Railroad. . A jury in the circuit court Wednesday morning brought in a verdict against the Panhandle. railroad company in the sum of $6,000 in favor of Mrs. J. W. Arnott, formerly of this city, but since the death of her husband has resided in -Rensselaer, where she lived before coming to Crown Point about 'ten years ago. The. Arnott suit was brought in the name of Mrs. Hattie Arnott, administratrix of her husband’s estate. In her complaint she asked for SIO,OOO damages for herself and children, and alleged that the death of her husband, W. Arnott, in this city on the 26th day of December,.!9ls, was the result of the negligence of the Panhandle company, and charged that said company carelessly and negligently failed to properly heat the mall car in which the deceased plaintiff on a run from Columbus, Ohio, to Chicago, and that during the trip he was taken sick from the extreme cold condition of the car and was forced to leave the train at Crown Point and go to his home where pneumonia developed, , which later caused his death. The wife and family were dependent on him for support.— Crown Point Star. . r-